During his career, he has held a number of senior corporate and
investment banking roles, most recently as Global Head of Large Corporates at HSBC.
In this
role, he was responsible for coverage of large corporate clients, providing a
global service in 60+ countries and access to the full range of credit, capital
markets and structured product solutions, advisory, payment, cash management
and trade finance solutions. Joel also
had responsibility for middle market financial sponsors, coverage for international
banking and the global real estate business.

Prior to that, he was Global Head of Corporate Banking at Bank of
America Merrill Lynch in London, where he led a global team of corporate and
commercial bankers servicing clients in 30 countries.

Augmenting this experience, Joel in the last several years has been
active as a board member, advisor and investor in businesses within the
greentech, fintech, software, consumer and retail sectors, working to guide and
assist management in repositioning operations to more effectively deliver
sustainable growth and value creation.

Commenting on the appointment, Ahmed Abdelaal, CEO, Mashreq Bank, said, "Joel has a reputation for hands-on leadership and has a
collaborative approach to developing strategy, business building, talent
development and client-focused, profitable growth. His wealth of experience
within commercial, corporate banking and investment banking will be a welcome
addition to Mashreq and I look forward to working closely with him on enhancing
the customer experience, the services we provide to our clients and delivering
increased shareholder value in this sector."

Joel D Van Dusen, added: "As a longtime advocate for innovation, I am delighted to be
taking up this role at Mashreq, who enjoy an unsurpassed reputation for
creative and innovative banking solutions. I am looking forward to building
upon the success that Mashreq currently enjoys in this challenging sector and
to working with Ahmed and the team on developing the customer experience."